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Country Implementation Updates
Some countries in sub-Saharan Africa can be considered priority countries for support for male circumcision programme scale-up because of their low prevalence of male circumcision and high prevalence of HIV. Regular updates will be provided here on country progress on male circumcision programme implementation as they become available.
Key resources
 Progress in Scale-up of Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in
Eastern and Southern Africa: Focus on Service Delivery (2011, PDF, 1.42 MB). Read the latest report on the progress made in expanding male circumcision services in the 13 African countries identified as priorities for scale-up.
Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Progress in Scale-up (2010, PPT, 6.17 MB). Presented at the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, San Francisco, California, 16-19 February 2010.
Progress in Male Circumcision Scale-up: Country Implementation and Research Update, June 2010 (2010, PDF, 1.22 MB). WHO/UNAIDS, 2010. This report summarises the progress made in expanding male circumcision services in the 13 African countries identified as priorities for scale-up. Two earlier country implementation reports are also available:
December 2009 (PDF, 1.08 MB)
July 2009 (PDF, 128 KB)
Updates by country
Botswana
Botswana Safe Male Circumcision: Additional Strategy for HIV Prevention (2009, PDF, 382 KB). Ministry of Health, Republic of Botswana, 2009.
Burundi
 Stratégie de communication pour la promotion de la circoncision masculine dans la perspective de la réduction de la transmission du VIH au Burundi (2010, PDF, 413 KB). Conseil National de Lutte contre le Sida of the Government of the Republic of Burundi, 2010.
Plan Operationnel d'Integration de la Circoncision Masculine dans le Paquet des Services Offerts dans les Structures de Soins (2010, PDF, 363 KB). Conseil National De Lutte Contre Le Sida of the Government of the Republic of Burundi, 2010.
Etude d'Acceptabilite et de la Circoncision Masculine au sein de la Population Sexuellement Active du Burundi: Rapport Final (2010, PDF, 0.97 MB).
Conseil National De Lutte Contre Le Sida of the Government of the Republic of Burundi, 2010.
Kenya
Progress Report on Kenya's Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Programme 2008-2010 (2012, PDF, 748 KB). This report from Kenya’s National AIDS/STI Control Programme describes the challenges, achievements, and lessons learned from the country’s experience in expanding access to male circumcision for HIV prevention.
Voluntary medical male circumcision communication guide for Nyanza Province (2011, PDF, 1.9 MB). This guide to implementing the Kenya National Male Circumcision Communication Strategy in Nyanza Province was developed by the Communication for Change (C-Change) Project, working in close consultation with local, national, and international partners. It describes and illustrates a logical, thorough process for analyzing, designing, implementing, and evaluating a communication program.
Voluntary medical male circumcision communications strategy (2011, PDF, 574 KB). This comprehensive communications strategy for voluntary medical male circumcision in Kenya provides background, a situation analysis, an implementation plan, messages and background, and a monitoring and evaluation plan. Other documents related to the VMMC communications strategy are located on the Mass Media Materials page.
Nyanza Update: Provincial Newsletter on the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Programme (2010, PDF, 260 KB). Nyanza Provincial Task Force on Male Circumcision, Republic of Kenya, 2010.
Nyanza Update: Provincial Newsletter on the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Programme (2010, PDF, 234 KB). Nyanza Provincial Task Force on Male Circumcision, Republic of Kenya, 2010. The December 2009 (PDF, 270 KB) issue is also available.
Kenya National AIDS/STD Control Programme: National Guidance for Voluntary Male Circumcision in Kenya (2008, PDF, 382 KB). Ministry of Health, Republic of Kenya, 2008.
South Africa
 Desktop Review of Male Circumcision Research and Services in South Africa, January 2010 (PDF, 547 KB). Ministry of Health, Republic of South Africa, 2010.
Swaziland
 Policy on Safe Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention (2009, PDF, 412 KB). WHO/Swaziland Ministry of Health, 15 July 2009.
Strategy and Implementation Plan for Scaling Up Safe Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in Swaziland (2009, PDF, 8.5 MB). WHO/Swaziland Ministry of Health, 2009.
Tanzania
Situation Analysis for Male Circumcision in Tanzania: Final report (2009, PDF, 623 KB). Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, September 2009.
Uganda
 Safe Male Circumcision Policy (2010, PDF, 173 KB). Government of Uganda, Ministry of Health, Kampala, January 2010.
Situation Analysis to Determine the Acceptability and Feasibility of Male Circumcision Promotion in Uganda (2009, PDF, 674 KB). WHO/FHI, 2009.
Zambia
 Evaluation of the Informed Consent Process for Male Circumcision Scale-up in Zambia (2011, PDF, 3.74 MB). Population Council, March 2011.
Accreditation of Sites for Provision of Male Circumcision Services for HIV Prevention: Guidelines, Assessment Tool, and Guiding Principles (2010, PDF, 311 KB). Health Professions Council of Zambia/WHO, August 2010.
Male Circumcision Situation Analysis: A Report on the National Male Circumcision Situation Analysis Conducted by the Ministry of Health and Co-operating Partners (PDF, 548 KB. Zambia Ministry of Health, December 2009.
Press release: Ministry of Health and Partners in Zambia Launch the National Male Circumcision Strategy and Implementation Plan 2010-2020 (2009, PDF, 200 KB) WHO, July 2009 (press release).
Click here to read Zambia's National Male Circumcision Strategy and Implementation Plan 2010-2020 (2009, PDF, 149 KB).
Cabinet Committee of Ministers on HIV and AIDS Meets to Discuss Way Forward for HIV Response in Zambia (2009, PDF, 29 KB). National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council of Zambia, June 2009 (press release).
Cabinet Committee of Ministers Declaration (2009, PDF, 32 KB). National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council of Zambia, June 2009 (press release).
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